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From bells to restaurants, and glasses to songwriting this episode explores the people and sounds of London's East end.

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  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 16:25
  • Purchases: 1
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In response to international tests that show American students lagging, a number of programs supporting the study of science, technology, engineeri...

Bought by KENW, KFAI Minneapolis, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Manlay Bay Ocean Pool, Sydney, Australia, Credit: BRJ Inc Flickr
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss not only of the prominent conservation-based NGOs, governmental organizations a...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2013
  • Length: 06:34
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill will outline five of the major ocean events for the year 2012.

  • Added: Jan 03, 2013
  • Length: 06:26
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In this episode, host Peter Neill will discuss the ocean as the central element in our lives. He will explain why the ocean is essential to human s...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 04:41
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During the 1950s and '60s, the space race, the effects and fears of the Cold War, and the united leadership of India and the United States gave ris...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 28:16
  • Purchases: 1
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will explain what fracking has to do with the ocean: from toxic emissions which increase oce...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 25, 2012
  • Length: 05:25
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Damnersaduak Floating Market, Bangkok, Thailand
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, he'll discuss all manner of things that float: from the natural to the man-made, from the obvious modes of tr...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2012
  • Length: 05:17
Caption: Professor John Mainstone and the pitch drop experiment.
Good science takes time... or not? On today's show we explore the extremes. First the longest-running experiment in the world; then the near-instan...

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  • Added: Aug 29, 2012
  • Length: 14:12
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Levees are made to prevent land from flooding and rivers from overflowing, but they are not built to resist strong hurricanes like Katrina. Settlements in areas that are liable to storms and flooding often lead to avoidable damage or death.  , Credit: Reuters
In this episode of World Ocean Radio we'll assert that we must embrace best management practices now and use new management tools to renovate and b...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 06:02
Caption: Soila Sayialel saves elephants , Credit: Soila Sayialel
George Adamson could think like a lion and be like a lion. David Coulson describes a terrifying experience with George and Maggie and Dennis? Maggi...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 05:19
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will suggest that scientists and organizations should advocate through responsible research ...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2012
  • Length: 05:34
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Where does water come from? We know from science that water evaporates from the ocean reservoir, is captured in clouds, fog and rain, descends to s...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
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A young woman's journey toward trepanation.

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  • Added: Jun 16, 2012
  • Length: 20:03
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dr. Inoue and his "Shinya Scope". , Credit: Photo by Chris Inoue
Dividing cells are what make up all life. The idea of cell division was first published in 1855, but for nearly a century scientists debated, “How?...

Bought by Listenwise and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 11, 2012
  • Length: 07:33
  • Purchases: 2
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, Peter Neill will assert that our security is synergistically linked to natural security and that the ocean wi...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2012
  • Length: 05:51
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Conversations and live musical performance based on international themes.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2012
  • Length: 01:56:29
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200,000 children are born each year with the deformity of clubfoot. Dr. Ignacio Ponseti's non-surgical cure has treated thousands and allowed them...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 23:59
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June 8 is World Oceans Day when we celebrate our relationship with the ocean through global connection. A recent survey conducted by The Ocean Proj...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 05:46
Caption: Inside Technology
IEEE Spectrum Radio takes your listeners around the globe to find the fastest things on earth.

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KMXT, Marfa Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 17, 2012
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 13
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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From Victorian parlors to Starbucks, pigments have defined and connected societies.

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  • Added: May 09, 2012
  • Length: 01:51
  • Purchases: 1
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss outcomes and solutions from the World Water Forum which took place in Marseille...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2012
  • Length: 06:16
Caption: Coastal mega-city Mumbai. Mumbai lies on the Arabian Sea on the west coast of India and is the most populous city in the country and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million. Along, Credit: http://thegreatindian.tripod.com/mumbai.htm
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss these places of development, industry, and manufacturing and will argue that we...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2012
  • Length: 06:18
Caption: The Delray Beach ocean outfall discharges 13 million gallons per day of treated sewage up-current of a coral reef. , Credit: Steve Spring | Marine Photobank.
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss the invisible impacts of our actions, will argue against the exploitation of Na...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2012
  • Length: 05:13
Caption: Scientists working on the Webb Telescope say it's so revolutionary, it’s like “our generation’s Apollo.”
Come winter, your neck of the woods may be cold. But guess how frigid the James Webb Space Telescope will be when it launches in 2018? 400 degrees ...

Bought by PRX Remix, KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 20, 2012
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 4